slappatypoucht (slap at i pouch)

[A variation, imitative of quick motion, of slap the pouch, i. e. pocket.] The act or proce of slapping the hands, when cold, against the sides to warm them. [Rare.] ... I cannot but with the last degree of sorrow and anguish inform you of our present wretched condition; we have even tired our palms and our ribs at slappaty - pouch , and I [Charon] had almost forgot to handle my sculls. Tom Brown , Works, II. 126. (Davies.) slapper (slap'ėr), n . [ slap1 + -erl.] 1. One who or that which slaps. - 2. A person or thing of large size; a whopper. [Vulgar.] slapping (slap'ing), a . [Prop. ppr. of slap1 , v.] Very big; great. [Vulgar.] slap-saucet (slap's as), n. [ slap3 , v ., + obj. sauce .] A parasite. Minsheu. Slap sauce fellows, slabberdegullion druggels, lubbardly louts. Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, i. 25. slap-sided (slap'sī"ded), a . Same as slab - sided . slap-up (slap'up), a. [Cf. slap1 and bang - up .] Excellent; first-rate; fine; scrumptious; bang up: as, a slap - up hotel. [Slang.] It ain't a fortnight back since a smart female servant, in slap - up black, sold me a basket full of doctor's bottles. Mayhew, London Labour and London Poor, II. 122. he [Bob Jones] quarter a counte 's coat on his [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] -3. A gap in the edge of a knife, etc. [Scotch.]